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The first kind of honesty is honesty with myself. If I am honest with myself, there need be no situation in which I am not honest with others.
If someone does not believe me, if someone distrusts me, perhaps it is a sign that I need to check myself. Instead of blaming them, I should realise this, and look where I have gone wrong.
Honesty does not mean simply speaking your mind. Honesty means to be very clear about everything going on inside you. Where there is honesty, feelings become pure and clean.
When we have the virtue of honesty, there will be clarity reflected in our words; they will be filled with the power of truth, and spoken with ease and without hesitation.
Think before you speak and choose your words with care. Flavour your conversation with vibrant words and expressions. Heighten your perception and live a rich and vivid existence.
Thought for reflection: Genuine honesty cultivated within you is what will reach out and touch others.

Friday, January 30, 2009

It was a drizzling afternoon when we finished packing our things into the car and started our journey from Sarikei to Kuching.

We heard news that there is a probability that Serian road to Kuching might be flooded. We referred the calendar, king tide occurs at 1915. Therefore, we need to reach Kuching before that hour.

My younger brother drove first. The road was wet, it was drizzling, then it was raining dogs and cat, then it was drizzling again. We drove at an average of 100km/hour.

We rested at Sri Aman, then my big brother drove. The weather was still wet.

My brother speeded up at the Sri Aman hill. When he nearly reached the top, we saw (too late), from the opposite direction, a white car was overtaking a huge lorry. The white car did not have the time to return to his own lane, nor enough time to fully overtake the lorry. The car was heading straight to our car. Both of us were driving at over 100km/hour.

Details:1. Our car climbed up the hill2. Two lanes become one lane.3. Reached the top of the hill4. Started to descend but suddenly saw a stupid white MPV overtook a lorry5. First instinct, brake6. After brake, car started to loose control, due to no ABS7. Our car started to slide8. Stupid white MPV noticed it, so it swayed to the left side.9. I also noticed, so no choice, I steered to the right side to avoid the collision.10. As our car already in sliding motion, I had difficulty in steering the wheels.11. Luckily, still manage to steer to the right side and avoid the stupid white MPV.12. However, our car slowly slided towards the lorry, which was at the right side.13. Quickly steered back to the left side and hold the steering tightly, not to let it spin crazily.14. Manage to avoid the lorry...within a few inches distance (actually, I felt this moment is the scariest one)15. Once our car passed the lorry, I tried to steer back tot the road, but not possible as our car totally lost control16. Our car eventually skidded to the side of the road filled with grass and mud and stop after a few meters....And mum pulled the hand brake...without much help though

Yes, we could have injured badly in this incident.

We could have injured badly if my brother froze and hit the incoming white car.

We could have injured badly if the car skidded and hit the lorry.

We could have injured badly if the car could not be stop in time and hit the drain.

But all the above do not happened. We are all alive and well.

Lessons learned...

Stupid white, imported car! Drive good car but obviously a very stupid driver. How can you overtake the lorry, when you can't even see the oncoming vehicle? And on a hill somemore, when most vehicles tend to speed up!! Stupid, stupid car. You didn't even return to see what happened to us! You might have killed FIVE people in the car, stupid!

Buy cars that are equipped with ABS system. We used Wira, an eight-year old car that is not equipped with the latest safety system. With ABS system, the car won't skid and the driver can still has full control of a car. Therefore, for cars without ABS, try not to jam brake, instead brake and release 3x. (My brother knows it, but when it comes to real situation, he tends to forget of what he should do. Who won't? He therefore claimed that he needs more practical lesson.

Never drive fast at Sri Aman hill. It is the second near-missed accident I have at the exact spot.

Always remember to drive safely, especially in the rain as the road is wet and slippery.

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opinions:

Luckly ur safe... the hill is called Bukit Bangunan by my father's people because on the top of the hill you can see a block of stone which actually they try to remove during the construction of the road but the stone cannot be moved. so it stays there until now. the hill is said guarded by some spirit n many accidents occurred there every year. n its not Lanchau la... its LaCHau... Lanchau means boys' private part. hehehehe...

oh, is it Lachau, i thought LANCHAU. :-poh cat, never notice there's a stone up there be4..next time when i lalu sana, i will perhatikan :-)hi viviane, i'm not cursing. I seriously thought the place is called LANCHAU. :-pyeap, some places, they rename very stupid. hihihi...